Burner and/or lance mounting assembly

Abstract

A metal mounting assembly for mounting a burner or lance in a furnace has a water-cooled main body securable in an aperture in a furnace wall, a series of cooling fins extending from the main body so as to project into the furnace when secured thereto, and at least one mounting tube extending through the main body for mounting a burner or lance therein.

1 . A metal mounting assembly for mounting a burner or lance in a furnace, said mounting assembly including: 
 (a) a water-cooled main body securable in an aperture in a furnace wall;    (b) a series of cooling fins extending from the main body so as to project into the furnace when secured thereto; and    (c) at least one mounting tube extending through the main body for mounting a burner or lance therein.    
     
     
         2 . A mounting assembly according to  claim 1  wherein each mounting tube is in heat conducting contact with at least one cooling fin.  
     
     
         3 . A mounting assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the interior of the mounting tube is shaped to receive the nose of a water-cooled burner in heat conducting contact therewith, whereby the burner nose cools an adjacent portion of the mounting tube.  
     
     
         4 . A furnace having at least one wall with an aperture therein and an inwardly projecting shelf of refractory material below the aperture, and a metal mounting assembly in accordance with  claim 1  mounted therein, the main body of the mounting assembly being located in the wall aperture and the cooling fins extending across said shelf in contact therewith.  
     
     
         5 . A furnace according to  claim 4  wherein each mounting tube of the mounting assembly is in heat conducting contact with at least one cooling fin.  
     
     
         6 . A furnace according to  claim 4  wherein the interior of the mounting tube of the mounting assembly is shaped to receive the nose of a water-cooled burner in heat conducting contact therewith, whereby the burner nose cools an adjacent portion of the mounting tube.